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Athletics
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 4, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on May 4, 1939 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 4, 1939 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 4, 1939 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Buck Ross |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Kramer |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 1,071 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: (none) 3B: George Moriarty |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Joe Gantenbein | Second Baseman |
Dee Miles | Center Fielder |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Nick Etten | First Baseman |
Bill Nagel | Third Baseman |
Wayne Ambler | Shortstop |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Buck Ross | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommy Thompson | Right Fielder |
Mel Mazzera | Left Fielder |
George McQuinn | First Baseman |
Myril Hoag | Center Fielder |
Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
Red Kress | Shortstop |
Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
Joe Glenn | Catcher |
Jack Kramer | Pitcher |
Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 4, 1939
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Kramer
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner misplays the ball. That's an error on Heffner. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gantenbein vs. Kramer
Gantenbein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miles vs. Kramer
Miles bunts towards the mound. Kramer fields it and throws to first for the out. Moses moves to third. Gantenbein moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Kramer
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Glenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Etten vs. Kramer
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moses scores. Gantenbein scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nagel vs. Kramer
Nagel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Ross
Lou Finney now playing right field.
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Ross
Mazzera strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Ross
McQuinn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoag vs. Ross
Hoag hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. McQuinn moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Ross
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Kramer
Ambler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Kramer
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Kramer
Ross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Ross
Kress takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Ross
There goes Kress. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Kress steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heffner vs. Ross
Heffner hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glenn vs. Ross
Glenn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kramer vs. Ross
Kramer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields it and throws to second for the out. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Ross
Thompson hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Kramer
Finney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Glenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantenbein vs. Kramer
Gantenbein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miles vs. Kramer
Miles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hoag. Miles reaches second base with a double. Gantenbein moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Kramer
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Etten vs. Kramer
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzera vs. Ross
Mazzera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields the ball and throws to Ross covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Ross
McQuinn takes first base on ball four. Mazzera moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoag vs. Ross
Hoag hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miles who is chasing the ball. Hoag reaches third base with a triple. Mazzera scores. McQuinn goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Clift vs. Ross
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoag scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Ross
Kress hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Reninger
Jim Reninger now pitching.
Heffner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Glenn vs. Reninger
Glenn hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kress tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kramer vs. Reninger
Kramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Kramer
Nagel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ambler vs. Kramer
Ambler hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Kramer
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reninger vs. Kramer
Reninger hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Reninger
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Reninger
Mazzera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Reninger
McQuinn hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Reninger
Hoag takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Reninger
There goes Hoag. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Hoag steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clift vs. Reninger
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kress vs. Reninger
Kress hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Kramer
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kramer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantenbein vs. Kramer
Gantenbein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miles vs. Kramer
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift juggles the ball. That's an error on Clift. Gantenbein moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Kramer
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Etten vs. Kramer
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Beckmann
Bill Beckmann now pitching.
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Beckmann
Glenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miles. Glenn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kramer vs. Beckmann
Hayes fires to second and picks off Glenn for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kramer vs. Beckmann
Kramer hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Kramer
Nagel hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Kramer
Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Kramer
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Beckmann
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Beckmann
Mazzera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Beckmann
McQuinn hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Beckmann
Hoag hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Beckmann
There goes Hoag. The throw from Hayes and he is out, Ambler applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Beckmann
Clift hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Kramer
Chubby Dean pinch hits for Bill Beckmann.
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Kramer
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantenbein vs. Kramer
Gantenbein hits a line drive towards first. McQuinn reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Joyce
Bob Joyce now pitching.
Kress hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Joyce
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards left. Johnson fields it and throws to second to catch Kress for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glenn vs. Joyce
Glenn hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kramer vs. Joyce
Kramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Kramer
Miles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Kramer
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kramer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Kramer
Etten hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hoag. Etten reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nagel vs. Kramer
Nagel hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Joyce
Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzera vs. Joyce
Mazzera hits a line drive towards first. Etten reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Joyce
McQuinn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. McQuinn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hoag vs. Joyce
Hoag hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Kramer
Sam Chapman pinch hits for Wayne Ambler.
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Kramer
Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Glenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Kramer
Dario Lodigiani pinch hits for Bob Joyce.
Lodigiani hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hoag. Lodigiani reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Kramer
Finney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lodigiani scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gantenbein vs. Kramer
Gantenbein hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/4/1939 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Moses W, rf 1 1 0 0 Thompson T, rf 4 3 2 0 Finney L, rf 4 0 1 1 Mazzera M, lf 5 3 3 4 Gantenbein J, 2b 4 1 2 0 McQuinn G, 1b 4 1 2 0 Miles D, cf 3 0 2 0 Hoag M, cf 4 1 3 3 Johnson B, lf 4 0 0 0 Clift H, 3b 4 0 0 1 Etten N, 1b 4 0 2 2 Kress R, ss 3 1 2 0 Nagel B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Heffner D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Ambler W, ss 3 0 0 0 Glenn J, c 2 0 1 1 Chapman S, ph 1 0 0 0 Kramer J, p 4 0 0 0 Hayes F, c 4 0 0 0 Ross B, p 1 0 0 0 Reninger J, p 1 0 0 0 Beckmann B, p 0 0 0 0 Dean C, ph 1 0 0 0 Joyce B, p 0 0 0 0 Lodigiani D, ph 1 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 3 8 3 34 9 14 9 Philadelphia 200 000 001 -- 3 St.Louis 104 202 00x -- 9 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Ross B (L) 2.1 5 5 5 4 1 Reninger J 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 Beckmann B 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 Joyce B 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Kramer J (W) 9.0 8 3 1 2 4 E -- Heffner D, Clift H DP -- Philadelphia 1, St.Louis 1 LOB -- Philadelphia 8, St.Louis 7 2B -- Miles D, Glenn J, Etten N, McQuinn G, Lodigiani D 3B -- Hoag M HR -- Mazzera M 2 SB -- Kress R, Hoag M CS -- Hoag M SH -- Miles D SF -- Glenn J T -- 2:12 A -- 1071
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